The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion is a 2011 book about the history of the Church of Scientology by Hugh B. Urban, a professor of religious studies at Ohio State University. Urban discusses the history and teachings of the group and how they relate to broader trends in American society. Urban also writes about whether the group is a religion, and how religion is defined. In The Chronicle of Higher Education, Seth Perry states that Urban "is more concerned with the questions Scientology raises than about Scientology itself".